Christina Rutherford

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Elementary School Teacher:

  1. teaches students all subjects
  2. evaluating students based on ablities and non ablilities
  3. teach whole group or small group a lesson
  4. use grading as a tool to monitor the progress of a student
  5. communicate with parents/guardians of a student
  6. PREPARE FOR STANDARDIZED TESTING
  7. develop a set of rules to establish good behavior
  8. create a safe classroom
  9. most teachers use a hands on approach for students learning
  10. students work together in order to develop problem solving skills
  11. most often they teach all of the subjects instead of just specializing in one specefic subject
  12. supervise children outside the classroom such as recess and lunch
  13. may teach a multilevel class
  14. teachers with younger students escort their students to classes
  15. teachers work in teams such as like english social studiesscience//math
  16. ESL --teachers who work with students who are learning english
  17. students with emotional/behavioral disorders or learning disabilities learn in a traditional classes
  18. teachers work with special education teachers to adapt lessons to monitor these students needs
  19. some teachers maintain websites and such to communicate with parents
  20. some teachers co teach with special ed teachers
WORK ENVIORNMENT::
  1. elem school teachers held 1.7 mil jobs in 2010
  2. they work in public and private schools
  3. some private schools have pre k in addition to kindergarden
  4. many states have tenure laws
  5. tenure-after a certain # of years the teachers have job security
  6. teaching can be rewarding whenyou see your students develop new skills
  7. Teaching Can also be stressfull
  8. some schools lack proper teaching tools which affect test scores
  9. teachers are held accountable for students standardized testing scores
  10. preparing students without correct tools can be frustrating
  11. a large # of teachers belong to unions
  12. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
  13. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
  14. elem school teachers generally work hours when students are present
  15. meet with parents students and other teachers before or after school
  16. majority of paperwork teachers require is done after school hours
  17. Spend time in the evenings and on weekends grading papers or preparing lessons
  18. most work a traditional 10 month school year
  19. most have a 2 month break in the summer
  20. some teachers may teach summer programs
  21. teachers in year round districts typically work 8 weeks in a row than go on break for 1 week and have a 5 week midwinter break
HOW TO BECOME ONE::